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Top US cyber official warns software firms aren’t doing enough to stop damage from hackers from China and elsewhere

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Chinese hackers are too frequently going “unidentified and undeterred,” and software companies aren’t doing enough to secure their products from cyber-attacks that “can do real damage” to US interests through the loss of trade secrets, a top US cyber official said Monday. “The risk introduced to all of us by unsafe

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Biden administration tells student loan forgiveness applicants it is ‘confident’ in face of Supreme Court skepticism

By Phil Mattingly, Allie Malloy and MJ Lee, CNN The Biden administration is projecting confidence about the fate of President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation program in a message to applicants, even in the face of skepticism from conservative Supreme Court justices in Tuesday’s high-stakes oral arguments. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in an email

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Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan goes before the Supreme Court Tuesday. Here’s what borrowers need to know

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Millions of student loan borrowers could see up to $20,000 of their debt canceled depending on the outcome of Tuesday’s US Supreme Court hearing on President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. How and when the justices rule will also determine when payments on federal student loans will resume after a

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US Energy Department assesses Covid-19 likely resulted from lab leak, furthering US intel divide over virus origin

By Jeremy Herb and Natasha Bertrand, CNN The US Department of Energy has assessed that the Covid-19 pandemic most likely came from a laboratory leak in China, according to a newly updated classified intelligence report. Two sources said that the Department of Energy assessed in the intelligence report that it had “low confidence” the Covid-19

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RNC chair says requiring loyalty pledge for participation in GOP presidential debates is a ‘no-brainer’

By Paul LeBlanc and Andrew Millman, CNN Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Sunday that she expects 2024 GOP presidential contenders will have to sign a pledge to back the party’s ultimate nominee in order to participate in primary debates. “We haven’t put the criteria out, but I expect a pledge will be part

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